Next Full Moon & Full Moon Calendar 2026

The next full moon is on August 28, 2026, at 4:18 AM UTC, when the Moon reaches full illumination in Pisces. A full moon happens the instant the Moon sits exactly opposite the Sun in the sky — 180 degrees of elongation — so its whole Earth-facing side is lit. That is the moment shown here, not simply the night it looks round to the eye.

Because the alignment is an exact astronomical event, it lands on a precise date and time rather than a whole day. The hero card above marks that moment; the calendar below extends it across the rest of 2026 so you can plan ahead — rituals, releasing practices, or simply knowing which sign each full moon falls in.

The table lists every upcoming full moon with its exact date, time and zodiac sign. All times are given in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), so you will need to convert to your own timezone — a full moon that shows late one evening in UTC may fall on the previous or next calendar day where you live.

Every entry is computed, not copied. Sigastra finds each full moon by root-finding on Swiss Ephemeris — the same high-precision astronomy engine, derived from NASA JPL data, that powers our birth charts. The Moon's zodiac sign is read from its true ecliptic longitude at the exact moment of fullness, so the sign you see is the real position of the Moon in the sky, down to the degree.

Each full moon falls in one of the twelve zodiac signs, and astrologers read that sign as the flavour of the lunation. The full moon is traditionally a peak — a point of culmination, clarity and release — and the sign colours what is coming to light. A full moon in a fire sign feels bold and expressive; one in a water sign turns emotional and intuitive; earth signs ground it in the practical, air signs in the mental and relational.

A full moon also sits opposite the Sun's current sign, so it often highlights a polarity — work versus home, self versus other, freedom versus commitment. To see how a given full moon touches your own chart specifically, it helps to know where that sign and its opposite sit across your houses, which is exactly what a birth chart shows.

Many full moons carry traditional seasonal names, drawn largely from Native American and old European almanac lore. January's is the Wolf Moon, February's the Snow Moon, March's the Worm Moon; then Pink (April), Flower (May), Strawberry (June), Buck (July), Sturgeon (August), Harvest or Corn (September), Hunter's (October), Beaver (November) and Cold Moon (December).

These names track the season a full moon falls in, not its astrology — they are folklore, not astronomy. The zodiac sign in the calendar below is the astronomical position of the Moon; the seasonal name is simply the nickname that month's full moon has carried for generations. A "Harvest Moon" and a "full moon in Pisces" can describe the very same event from two different traditions.